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edx-platform/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/timeinfo.py
2013-02-06 15:00:08 -05:00

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import dateutil
import dateutil.parser
import datetime
from timeparse import parse_timedelta
import logging
log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
class TimeInfo(object):
"""
This is a simple object that calculates and stores datetime information for an XModule
based on the due date string and the grace period string
So far it parses out three different pieces of time information:
self.display_due_date - the 'official' due date that gets displayed to students
self.grace_period - the length of the grace period
self.close_date - the real due date
"""
def __init__(self, display_due_date_string, grace_period_string):
if display_due_date_string is not None:
try:
self.display_due_date = dateutil.parser.parse(display_due_date_string)
except ValueError:
log.error("Could not parse due date {0}".format(display_due_date_string))
raise
else:
self.display_due_date = None
if grace_period_string is not None and self.display_due_date:
try:
self.grace_period = parse_timedelta(grace_period_string)
self.close_date = self.display_due_date + self.grace_period
except:
log.error("Error parsing the grace period {0}".format(grace_period_string))
raise
else:
self.grace_period = None
self.close_date = self.display_due_date